[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJEvans:
On to the vaunted Illuminate..3.0, for those that care.

QQplayer, does NOT play with hardware decoding. WILL play with software decoding, not smoothly in full screen, and not HD quality, pretty grainy.

since his description states HD playback in Vital player, specifically, I tried it out as well. Will not play either 1080p, or 720p in hardware mode. It tried it's best ot play 1080p in software mode, but failed. We're talking like less than 1 FPS.

Software decoding for 720p was choppy, but not as extreme as the 1080p. Of course, with the choppiness, the sound still suffers and is unwatchable.

THe real interesting thing is playing standard DVD rips (AVI format) with hardware decoding set as default, a single tap on the movie file will produce the result (in vital player) "Can't be played !!" THis can only mean one thing. Hardware acceleration is NOT WORKING on Illuminate. If it was working, it would at least make the attempt to play it. Software decoding of a standard AVI Xvid file is the same regardless of the ROM, Bootloader, version of Rom, or OS.

I repeat, SOFTWARE DECODING OF ANY AVI XVID FORMAT MOVIE IN STANDARD DVD DEFINITION IS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF ROM, BOOTLOADER, VERSION OF ROM, OR OS. It played exactly the same in Illuminate, Flashback, BC, Calk/Clem v5 or v6, STOCK 3588 (couldn't get to it in stock 4349, too many force closes pissed me off, lol).

HOWEVER...a standard definition xvid AVI DVD quality movie CAN be played using hardware acceleration in all Froyo roms tested. There may be a slight quality improvement, but nothing ot write home about.

With all of these tests, as well, I've decided that my favorite video player is Vital Player...it's nice, give it a go, sometime.

Conclusion to this LONG day of testing.

Hardware acceleration exists in Froyo roms, they can play standard videos using it, but have lots or trouble playing high definition 720p, or 1080p video files. They are unwatchable. Froyo roms can also utilize software decoding

Hardware acceleration does NOT exist in any honeycomb rom ( I did NOT test Gtabcomb, but I've been told that Zyhong doesn't even have it enabled, so it's a moot point) Hardware decoding can NOT be used to watch any movies, whether HD, or Standard with Illuminate or Flashback. That being said, both Roms can use software decoding to play standard definition DVD AVI xvid files, with equal quality as the Froyo roms...

So, I can, without a doubt let everyon that is on the fence about flashing a HC rom, waiting for hardware acceleration, that you're waiting for nothing. You don't realize that you're really not using it anyway with a Froyo Rom. Unless you REALLY like that slight improvement when hardware decoding a movie, vs. software decoding it, then there is no reason that you should not try out a HC rom. They can software decode just as easy as any Froyo rom.

Additionally, those of us that have been badgering Viewsonic to get Nvidea drivers to enable acceleration for GB or HC...does it really matter? We have the drivers for Froyo, but are unable to hardware decode and HD videos to enojy the benefits of it

I will be converting the 1080p version of Avatar tonight (takes FOREVER) to the optimal Gtablet format. I'll test it again tomorrow ot see if there is ANY difference.